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Edward Campbell Barnes (8 October 1928 – 8 September 2021) was a British television executive, and producer at the
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. He was credited with creating the children's television programme ''
Newsround
''Newsround'' (stylised as ''newsround'', and originally called ''John Craven's Newsround'' before his departure in 1989) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972. It was one of the world's first televi ...
''.
Biography
Barnes was a co-creator of ''
Blue Peter'' in 1958, and the programme's assistant director. Later, he was a producer of the series. It was Barnes, with colleague
Biddy Baxter
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, who in late 1962 toured London pet shops after the show's mongrel puppy died and a clandestine substitute (soon known as
Petra
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) was needed so as not to needlessly upset young viewers. Barnes was the originator of the longstanding children's television news programme ''
Newsround
''Newsround'' (stylised as ''newsround'', and originally called ''John Craven's Newsround'' before his departure in 1989) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972. It was one of the world's first televi ...
'', in April 1972; originally, it was known as ''John Craven's Newsround''. At the time, he was Deputy Head of Children's Television at the BBC.
''Newsround'' was created to explain stories to children that would not be comprehended equally well on the main news. It was met with resistance when he formulated it, and was a controversial idea for some of his colleagues.
''Newsround'' was the first to bring the
Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster to British television on 28 January 1986. Barnes' wife was the writer Dorothy Smith, who was a contributor to ''Blue Peter''. The couple, who had three children, were married from 1950 until Smith's death in 1992.
Death
He died on 7 September 2021, at the age of 92.
References
External links
Interview in January 2015BBC Archive*
1928 births
2021 deaths
BBC executives
BBC television producers
Blue Peter
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